Dimapur, March 1 (EMN): While opposing the purported proposal to lift Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act 1989, Nagaland Congress has accused the government of the day for failing to implement the Act by deliberately allowing mafias to supply alcohol all over the state.
In a press release, Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president, K Therie, alleged that those mafias have an established system of transportation in connivance with all gates and supplying in terms of truckloads. He stated that it was the small entrepreneurs who are doing it for their livelihood, who are caught and their economy crashed.
“For the liquor caught inside the state, if the government tracks back through the gates and on all those who are on duty and have facilitated its transport, will prove that they are in connivance,” Therie alleged.
He stated that the objective of NLTP was not only to cancel permits and transportation. He added that it is more important to stop the madness of alcohol addicts which destroys personal health, future, family, children, society and economy.
“Given opportunity, Congress will correct addicts through reformatory schools and rehabilitation centers. We need decent and disciplined living with responsibilities. Children 18 years and above should earn their daily needs. They should not depend upon old parents. Irresponsible children kill their parents through mental torture. Mental health suffering has no medicine. It only shortens life. Happiness is the only medicine that can cure mental health issues. I wish children remember this and give long life to their parents,” the statement read.